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Describe the problems of cloud burst in India giving suitable examples.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Physical Setting

A cloudburst is defined by the India Meteorological Department as 100 mm or more of rainfall in one hour over an area of roughly 20 to 30 square kilometres — an intensity that no natural or engineered drainage in mountain country can absorb.

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  • How They Form
  • Why the Himalaya Bear the Burden
  • The Problems, With Examples
  • Debris flow rather than flooding
  • No warning time
  • Cascading failure
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